Intentions

There is a difference between portraits that are viewed on the news and portraits viewed on facebook or other forms of social networking. The biggest of these differences is the intention with which the photo was taken. Photographs that are on the news are not taken to capture an individual's expression, but rather capture an event that an individual was apart of. Facebook photos are more taken for self expression and to document an event, rather than making it more of a documentary.


Since there are different intentions there is also a difference in the viewpoint of the photographer. In facebook photos the photographer is often someone in the shot, or more than likely someone that the subject(s) know. This gives the photographers of facebook a more intimate or personal viewpoint than someone taking pictures for the news. Photographers for the news are not apart of the event being captured.